[Air-L] Will Academic Twitter Exist Under Elon Musk?

Wed Oct 26 11:02:27 PDT 2022

I'd like to be included here as well.

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On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 10:48 AM Shulman, Stu via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> If the format is JSON it can be uploaded to a free DiscoverText Academic
> account.
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 10:08 AM Steph Kent via Air-L <
> air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
>
> > Thank you! One more question
> >
> > Are there tricks to opening/accessing the archive once its downloaded?
> >
> > On Oct 25, 2022, at 5:55 PM, Derek Baird via Air-L <
> > air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Several people have asked how to get a Twitter archive. It's super easy,
> > here you go:
> >
> > Twitter > Settings > Your account > Download an archive of your data
> > *_________________*
> > *Derek E. Baird, M.A.*
> > he/him/his
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 3:47 PM Derek Baird <debaird at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Reminder to get a Twitter archive asap. can take a few days (it includes
> >
> > DMs.)
> >
> >
> > DB
> >
> > *_________________*
> >
> > *Derek E. Baird, M.A.*
> >
> > he/him/his
> >
> > English, German, Vietnamese, Ukrainian and Chinese editions of my book,
> > *The
> >
> > Gen Z Frequency*, are now available  <http://amzn.to/2IKyToi>on Amazon
> >
> > and Blinkist <https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/the-gen-z-frequency-en>!
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 3:40 PM sally--- via Air-L <
> >
> > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> >
> > I'm on Mastadon already, but would prefer to be on an AOIR sponsored
> >
> > server...
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Fenwick
> >
> > Mckelvey via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> >
> > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:45 PM
> >
> > To: Robert W Gehl <lists at robertwgehl.org>
> >
> > Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Will Academic Twitter Exist Under Elon Musk?
> >
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am very much interested in the Mastadon opportunity. Please count me in
> >
> > too.
> >
> >
> > Be good,
> >
> > Fenwick
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 13:52, Robert W Gehl via Air-L <
> >
> > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Count me in on this, Aram. (no surprise there, I imagine!)
> >
> >
> > As far as I'm concerned, there is academic microblogging beyond the Musk
> >
> > site -- it's on the fediverse. I'll be talking about it a bit in my
> >
> > presentation at AOIR.
> >
> >
> > - Rob
> >
> >
> > On 10/24/22 13:21, Aram Sinnreich via Air-L wrote:
> >
> > I’ve been thinking that AoIR should launch its own Mastodon instance,
> >
> > open to all members. Something like aoir[dot]social.
> >
> >
> > Glad to discuss in Dublin.
> >
> >
> > On Oct 23, 2022, at 4:42 PM, Richard Forno via Air-L <
> >
> > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > External Email: Use caution with links and attachments.
> >
> >
> > Hi Stu -
> >
> >
> > Like many, I'm hoping for the best, but expecting the worst for
> >
> > Twitter.
> >
> > I find Twitter a fantastic tool for staying in-touch and updated on
> >
> > colleagues' research/ideas/musings, sharing ideas of my own and
> >
> > perhaps
> >
> > soliciting feedback/contributions, following conference hashtags
> >
> > (hello
> >
> > #AOIR2022!), some current events and socialization...and the odd dog
> >
> > or
> >
> > nature photo  I'd hate quit it, but I've not ruled it out ... but I
> >
> > could live w/o Twitter, even after 13 years.
> >
> >
> > Without getting too deeply into politics here (which can be hard
> >
> > given
> >
> > the broader issues raised) -- as to your last paragraph Stu, I'm with
> >
> > you.  Since 2001 I've been increasingly concerned about the future of
> >
> > America's lttle-d democracy, view 2016 as a populist
> >
> > accident/experiment, saw 2020--1/6 as a test run. feel 2022 will be a
> >
> > good indicator of where things are heading having learned from 2020,
> >
> > and
> >
> > firmly believe that 2024 likely will be *the* pivotal point for our
> >
> > country one way or the other.   (Though politically, I think this
> >
> > political decline started in the mid-90s when one party decided to
> >
> > treat
> >
> > the other as the 'enemy' and embraced a scorched-earth brand of
> >
> > politics
> >
> > that considered compromise akin to treason, which got cranked to 11
> >
> > thanks to silo'd cable news and SM platforms in ensuing years.)  And
> >
> > that's all I will prognosticate about here politically -- other than
> >
> > to
> >
> > conclude by saying I'm worried not just about now, but that we will
> >
> > not
> >
> > be able to fix things and get "back on track for the future" anytime
> >
> > soon.  :/.
> >
> >
> > I do admit that despite being an old-school geek/hacker, in recent
> >
> > years
> >
> > I've wrestled with the warm-and-fuzzy nostalgic notion from the '90s
> >
> > that "information wants to be free". In some ways, it's been great
> >
> > for
> >
> > individuals and society -- in other ways, as Borat might say, "not so
> >
> > much."  Of course, that change in thinking also could be a function
> >
> > of
> >
> > midlife as well as current events.   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
> >
> >
> > But one of the world's dominant modern comms mediums transitioning
> >
> > into
> >
> > an unaccountable private entity run by a person .... however you view
> >
> > Musk .... definitely is concerning on *many* levels.[1]. By
> >
> > contrast, at
> >
> > least FB is a regulated public company and has the appearance of some
> >
> > 'objective' review of controversial things via its Oversight Board.
> >
> >
> > As for aca-Twitter?  As I said, I'm still in wait-and-see, but it
> >
> > wouldn't surprise me to see many tweeps both from academia and
> >
> > elsewhere
> >
> > posting their final tweets either due to protest or for professional
> >
> > reasons / protection by year-end or early next year, depending on
> >
> > what
> >
> > 'innovations' are introduced to the platform post-acquisition.
> >
> >
> > Stay tuned, I guess...
> >
> >
> > -- rick
> >
> >
> > [1] WaPo reported Friday that DOD/DOJ 'might' be investigating the
> >
> > Twitter deal and SpaceX-DOD contracts due to national security
> >
> > concerns
> >
> > with Musk's public views and his foreign investors.  Could be
> >
> > something
> >
> > there, could be a flash of desperation to block the sale ... but
> >
> > again,
> >
> > the question of accountability comes up.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 21 Oct 2022, at 7:43, Shulman, Stu via Air-L wrote:
> >
> >
> > Will academic Twitter exist under Elon Musk? Will there be more or
> >
> > less
> >
> > data? More or less urgent issues to study? Will the "Fail Whale"
> >
> > show
> >
> > up
> >
> > again after 75% of the staff is gone? Who will do content
> >
> > moderation?
> >
> > Is
> >
> > this a FastTrack to the next violent uprising in the US?
> >
> >
> > I am curious what people on this particular list think is about to
> >
> > happen.
> >
> > After 12 years featuring the formal study of Twitter data I am
> >
> > completely
> >
> > burned out. Not on the challenges, nor the art and science of the
> >
> > tasks. I
> >
> > still love talking to students and faculty who have chosen Twitter
> >
> > as
> >
> > the
> >
> > object of their research. The data has never been more widely
> >
> > available and
> >
> > the positive uses of it can be inspiring.
> >
> >
> > It's the voluminous amounts of hate I see in my own research. Also
> >
> > the
> >
> > systemic weaponization of Twitter against democratic systems of
> >
> > government
> >
> > globally. As an original Board Member and the Treasurer of a 501
> >
> > (c)(6)
> >
> > called "The Big Boulder Initiative" I was working as a liaison to
> >
> > academia
> >
> > with a group of industry people on the "long term preservation of
> >
> > the
> >
> > social data industry." The industry survived, but the ideals aspired
> >
> > to
> >
> > have not. We offered this 2-minute Lawrence Lessig-inspired vision
> >
> > of
> >
> > the
> >
> > challenges about 7 years ago:
> >
> >
> > "Why Texifter Joined the Big Boulder Initiative"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > Lessig was right. On the Internet, architecture is the most powerful
> >
> > regulator. The architecture of Twitter, with corporate ads featured
> >
> > on
> >
> > insurrectionist and other problematic timelines, is now a persistent
> >
> > threat
> >
> > to democratic systems of government without a single day of Musk
> >
> > governance. The insurrection January 6, 2021 was planned in the open
> >
> > on
> >
> > Twitter. There were advertisements from familiar brands in every
> >
> > seditious
> >
> > timeline. Evolving tactics using Twitter trains (tagging 30
> >
> > like-minded
> >
> > users), notification-rich replies, the ReTweet functionality,
> >
> > gamification,
> >
> > domestic and foreign meme warfare, the idolatry of influence via
> >
> > misinformation, bots and trolls, as well as paid amplifiers of all
> >
> > manner
> >
> > and variety. The "digital soldiers" we found in the Canadian
> >
> > election
> >
> > of
> >
> > 2019 (fake Americans who hated Trudeau but liked RT, Russia Today
> >
> > and
> >
> > Southfront) were openly planning a QAnon-inspired "storm" which
> >
> > ultimately
> >
> > was the first coup attempt in two centuries of American democracy. I
> >
> > briefed the US/UK Intelligence Community (staff from the Joint
> >
> > Chiefs,
> >
> > JSOC, etc.) February 12, 2020 via the Strategic Multilayer
> >
> > Assessment
> >
> > using
> >
> > open source information from Twitter. Things have since gotten much
> >
> > worse,
> >
> > not better, since that briefing. These were the slides in early
> >
> > February
> >
> > 2020:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > Looking at the current threat-relevant data, I have a
> >
> > sick-to-my-stomach
> >
> > feeling about the next 60 days in U.S. history. We may be late to
> >
> > notice
> >
> > the end of small "d" democracy is imminent or inevitable because of
> >
> > the
> >
> > Internet effects we cannot fully see, capture, measure, or control.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dr. Stuart W. Shulman
> >
> > Founder and CEO, Texifter
> >
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